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KIMBERLY YATES was excited to go to school for the first time
she took a shower got dressed & prepared for the day ahead all with a smile on her face she went down the stairs with a pep in her step while her mother was sitting on the table sipping coffee while on her phone in the kitchen
"eggs on the stove," her mother says while staring at her phone; having not yet to look at her daughter
kim squealed "yay, breakfast!" she ran over to her mother to slap a big fat kiss on her mother's cheek before squeezing her mother tightly "thank you mommy for doing that for me; i know you've sacrificed everything!" kim let go of her mom before running over to the fridge for juice
her mother, noel, put her phone and coffee down before turning in her chair to look at kimberly as if she was on drugs
"are you high?" noel asked calmly, weirded out by her daughter's sudden sunniness
kim shook her head, chewing on eggs. "na uh, drugs. bad." she said, mouth full before swallowing
noel shook her head at kimberly's antics before getting up from the chair "lord have mercy," noel mumbles to herself before grabbing her coffee, phone and then her keys "hurry up i'm off today so i'm taking you to school."
kim opened the car door and shut it behind her all while slinging her backpack on her shoulders "bye mom!" the black teenager exclaims before hurrying towards the school building
"'sum wrong with that kid..." kimberly's mother mumbles before driving off
kim went straight towards her locker and entered the combination before opening it, swapping the books in her bag for first and second period
when she was done, she shut the door before smiling at the boy who suddenly appeared behind it, leaning against the locker next to her.
"nice to know that the smell of decaying teenage spirit has not left eastview;" leo jokes
kim felt like a weight had been lifted off her shoulders when she saw that the soon-to-be-human-again boy she had a crush on could roam in a space outside of her bedroom — she finally had someone she could enjoy talking to
"did you check the whole place out? is that why you weren't at home this morning?" kim asked lowly, her brown eyes sparked with interest
leo nods ashamed, putting his head down slightly as his hair fell to hide his face "yeah, but that's weird though isn't it? first place i go to in 22 years is a high school," leo pauses biting as lip as he looked around at everyone in the hallway talking or walking by "it took a while to digest it all too; this place changed"
